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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by rhizome on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:20PM (#12923341)
Now they are in a situation where they are damned if they do, damned if they don't

On the topic of "don't," an unspoken option is that Facebook simply not try to do news.

But the entire system is fundamentally broken...

Why would they persist in the face of this? Hamartia?

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by btilly on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:26PM (#12923392)
Why would they persist in the face of this? Hamartia?

"If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem."

See https://despair.com/products/consulting for the poster that I stole that from.

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by ethbro on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:34PM (#12923469)
Facebook consumes too many eyeball hours not to do news.
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